Car Being Pulled From an Oregon River Might Have Belonged to a Family That Vanished in 1958

Searchers return to the spot in 1999, where they believed the Martin family may have disappeared and compared the scene with a photo of it from 1959, front. The Oregonian via AP

Authorities will try again Friday to pull a station wagon from the Columbia River that’s believed to have belonged to an Oregon family of five who disappeared nearly 70 years ago while they were out searching for Christmas greenery.

The search for the Martin family was a national news story at the time and led some to speculate about the possibility of foul play, with a $1,000 reward offered for information about their whereabouts.